Airport security lines have always been difficult for Leslie Heller and her family.

Brand new runways are opening at three major airports Thursday, giving the aviation community something to cheer about in a year of dismal economic and travel news.

Air New Zealand is cutting 200 full time jobs in a bid to save in excess of $20 million a year.

ERLANGER - Comair today appointed a new president who has had plenty of time on the front lines of the airline business - including getting his hands in the guts of a plane, much less the industry.

The Air France-KLM Group said Thursday its profit plunged in the second quarter as higher oil prices and financial charges weighed on the airlines' earnings.

The parent company of the French and Dutch national flag carriers reported a net profit of euro28 million ($35.4 million) for the July-September period, down 96 percent from euro736 million a year earlier, when earnings were boosted by asset sales.

Air France-KLM also abandoned its operating profit target for this year, but said it would remain 'clearly in profit.' The company had warned last month that its target of euro1 billion ($1.26 billion) in operating profit would be 'very difficult' to achieve.

A federal judge in Chicago found that a summer sick-out and work slowdowns by some United Airlines pilots was an illegal job action and said she would issue a preliminary injunction against their union.

Southwest Airlines will pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots at LaGuardia International Airport in a move that will strengthen its meager presence in the nation's largest market.

AMR Corp. 's American Airlines said it may buy as many as 100 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners in a plan that will reshape the fleet of the world's largest carrier and reinvigorate the sales campaign of the delayed ...